Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

[elscorcho]

As someone with absolutely NO recording experience I'm looking easiest way to begin so I can get in on the riffoffs and experiment/learn about recording. I'm looking for a turnkey package for ease of startup so I don't have to spend alot of time figuring out what I can use w/ what....

I search this room occasionally to try and figure out the simplest way to begin and always wind up more confused....

It looks like the Pod Studio UX2 might be the solution....Am I right?

It appears that it would be the only thing I would have to buy ('cept monitors/headphones) provided that the Ableton "lite" works o.k......

The sales pitch says it eliminates latency.... is that true in your experience?

There's also the "GX" & "UX1" which offer less features....

what do you guys think?:scratchch:thanks:

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

I recommend the Line6 PODStudios (formerly "TonePort") to everyone.

On my recommendation, 2 of my close friends have bought them and were very appreciative of the recommendation; as both of them have repeatedly told me it was so easy a baby could use it, and gave them more features than they needed, but with an interface that is so simple that you can really choose your level of geekiness.

I love 'em, they're great boxes.

I recorded a guitar part for a country song just this week on my TonePort GX, a $69 box.

I was going to mic up my DeVille with my best mic, and let 'er rip, but I thought, "you know what, the Line6 will sound good enough for this recording." and decided to plug straight in to the TonePort and do it all through headphones.

It turned out great.

-Hunter

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

On latency: no --- any device that requires your computer's processing power to run will have inherent throughput latency (read: signal goes from guitar to box, box to computer, through the program, back out to box, out to headphones.)

You're really at the mercy of your processing power here.


Mine has very low latency (nice computer), but ALL CAI's have some latency in the monitoring. ALL of them.

 

[elscorcho]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

Thanks! :friday:
Hopefully I can be ready for March!

 

[Reload in 5]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

Make sure if you use ableton you uncheck monitoring in the program.
Or just use audacity or reaper.

Mine seems to have zero latency. All my recordings line right up, using my p4 2.2

 

[elscorcho]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

Mine seems to have zero latency. All my recordings line right up, using my p4 2.2

zero latency with the monoting unchecked in ableton or only when you use reaper/audicity....:thanks:

 

[Reload in 5]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

zero latency with the monoting unchecked in ableton or only when you use reaper/audicity....:thanks:

Havent used ableton in a while, but I am sure there was zero there.
Zero in reaper
Come to think of it, I dont remember in audacity.

 

[greatbob6]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

I've got a TonePort UX1 that I got for pretty cheap but I actually wasn't a huge fan. It seems that you have to run their software for the headphone outputs to work and I didn't want to have another program running in addition to the recording program since I don't use the modeling/effects from their software.

What I have been using and happy with so far is the Alesis M1 Active 320 USB Monitors. They are a combination of monitor and USB interface...if you need something to plug your guitar directly into then it may not work for you though. My Blackstar HT-5 has a line-out so I go from the amp line-out to the input here...makes it nice and easy so I can setup all of my effects and amp and everything and just play normally and then just plug in one cord to be able to record.

 

[JollyRoger523]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

I bought the UX2. I think they are a great value for the money, and should do everything you are looking for.

 

[Jet-Jaguar]

Re: Experience w/ the various POD STUDIOS for recording?

The only bad thing I can say about the kb37 that I have is that

1) I had issues using the keyboard with a software synth.

2) They don't have non-beta 64-bit drivers, and I'm not sure I want to use non-beta drivers on my main machine. But if you're not running a 64-bit OS, no big deal.